# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1998_S25
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION
Elections
Rev. Gierke led the delegation in the nomination of VicePresidents two through five.
Committee 5: Higher Education
The Rev. Dr. Norman C. Sincebaugh, President of the
North Dakota District and chairman of the committee, introduced the work of the committee.
Res. 5-01, to support DELTO (Distance Education Leading to Ordination), was moved by the committee. The question was called and was sustained. The motion was
adopted.
Res. 5-02, to encourage participation in postseminary
applied learning and support, was moved by the committee. The motion was adopted.
Res. 5-03, to encourage a renewed effort for recruitment
of professional church workers, was moved. By common
consent it was agreed to add the word full-time to line 35
and delete the word vocations from the same line, and it
was agreed to add the words of full-time church workers to
line 45. The question was called and was sustained. The
motion was adopted.
Res. 5-04 and 5-05 were introduced by First Vice-President Robert Kuhn. Res. 5-04 was moved by the committee.
By common consent debate was stopped. The resolution
was adopted.
Committee 8: Structure (for “Blue Ribbon” Report)
The Rev. Dr. James W. Kalthoff, President of the Missouri District and chairman of the committee, introduced
the work of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Structure.
Closing Devotions
The delegates were led in closing devotions by a chaplain to the convention.

SESSION 3
July 13, 1998
Opening Devotions
The assembly was led in opening devotions by the Rev.
Dr. Dean Wenthe, President of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Video
Once again the delegates watched a video that depicted
the theme of the convention.
Convention Essay
Rev. Dr. Roger Pittelko addressed the delegation.
Committee 8: Structure (for “Blue Ribbon” Report)
The Rev. Dr. James W. Kalthoff, President of the Missouri District and chairman of the floor committee, led the
delegation into the consideration of the work of the Blue
Ribbon Committee.
Res. 8-02A was moved. By vote of the delegation, the
time for presentation of Res. 8-02A was extended. The flow
of debate from the floor was conducted under Standing
Rule 13. An amendment was offered as printed in Today’s
Business, p. 186, lines 1–20. The question was called and
was sustained. The amendment was adopted.

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A motion was made to postpone further debate until a
“clean copy” of the report be made available to the delegation. An amendment was made to postpone until Tuesday
morning. By common consent, the question was called on
both the amendment and the motion. The amendment to
the motion to postpone was lost. The motion to postpone
until a “clean copy” be provided was also lost.
A motion to refer the matter back to committee was
made. By common consent debate was stopped. The motion
was carried.
Committee 6: Human Care
The Rev. Arleigh Lutz, President of the North Wisconsin District, chairman of the Council of Presidents and
chairman of the committee, introduced the work of the committee by means of a short video clip and a reading from
the Gospel of Luke.
Res. 6-01A, to respond to worldwide persecution of
Christians, was adopted after the delegates had declined to
add an additional resolve. The resolution contained reference to an enclosure that included words of appreciation to
the 105th Congress for their standing against worldwide
persecution. Copies of the enclosure for signature by the
delegates were available in the exhibit hall.
Res. 6-02, to reaffirm sanctity of human life, was
adopted. In introducing the resolution, the committee had
substituted the word remains for the words has been made
in line 11 of the resolution.
Res. 6-03, to encourage evangelical concern for issues of
welfare reform, was adopted. The word direct was inserted
before the word federal in the second whereas.
Committee 1: Missions
The Rev. Richard Kapfer reintroduced Res. 1-01A on
which discussion had been begun in a previous session. It
called for the adoption of a mission statement for the
Synod. The resolution was adopted after a number of proposed amendments had been declined and after the word
vigorously had been added before the words make known
in the statement and the word sacrament had been made
plural. In the final resolve, the words our colleges had been
added after the words church body. The resolution was
adopted as amended by common consent.
Res. 1-06, which called for a process to consider the
name change of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod,
was adopted.
Res. 1-07, which was identical with Res. 1-08, was withdrawn and Res. 1-08, declining overtures calling for the end
to comity arrangements, was adopted since such arrangements do not exist. In the reason given for declining, the
word resolutions was changed to overtures.
Committee 1 on Missions reported that its work was
completed.
Special Greetings
Special greetings were brought to the convention from a
representative of the mayor’s office in St. Louis and from
Gloria Edwards and Eric Fiissel, the leaders of the two auxiliaries of the Synod, ILWML and ILLL.
The chairman declared the convention in recess.